WHAT MY CHILDHOOD SOUNDED LIKE

Pre-13. I think this is a fairly comprehensive assessment of my musical upbringing.

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The Beatles

Duh

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Movie soundtracks on vinyl

Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, Sleepless in Seattle

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The (non-vinyl) soundtrack to Leap of Faith

Insane gospel music mega Patti LaBelle glitter mind brain assplode.

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Movie soundtracks in general

They were a much bigger deal, and I think maybe 1/3 of my CD collection was soundtracks. Won't list them all. This trend continued into teen years.

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Asleep at the Wheel live in concert (vinyl)

"Last Meal" will be my father's and my first dance at my wedding.

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Sweeney Todd

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Actually, all things Sondheim

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Rogers & Hammerstein

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The MGM "That's Entertainment!" Trilogy

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Rocky Horror Picture Show

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All things Disney

Plus the best: Stay Awake (a cover album of vintage Disney songs)

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Star Wars score

🎶Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! All of the time!🎶 (sung to the tune of the title theme)

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Indiana Jones score

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John Pizzarelli

Anyone who sings along with his jazz guitar solos is 👌🏻

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Steely Dan

Aja. I was mocked endlessly for this.

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Yacht rock in general

Hall & Oates, Seals & Croft, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Toto, etc.

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Radiohead

I was not cool for loving them at the time, but looking back, it was one of the only cool things about me. And fuck all my stupid friends who made fun of me for liking the "band with the ugly British guys!"

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Green Day & Blink-182

Can't separate them in my mind. Saw the latter open for the former once and it was just THE FUCKING BEST.

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Some pop music

Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, etc. I won't lie, I really like a lot of this, but I never went bananas for it. Always seemed like the cool thing to do. Never went to concerts for any of these groups. Will sing the mother loving crap out of them for karaoke.

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Ska

REEL BIG FISH FOREVER

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New York Dolls

And some other post-punk tunes

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There is nothing on this list I wouldn't enjoy listening to right now.